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A £3 donation from a £25 t-shirt (just 12%) is something I find quite questionable... but anyway, if any of you are interested...!

 

 

And yes, happy 20th anniversary to Chain Reaction! An incredible song. The key changes are a moment.

 

I love chain reaction so much!

I do really like it myself it's one of their best covers.

I have periods that I really enjoy CR and there are moments that I don’t.

 

Right now I’m enjoying the song 🤩

Chain Reaction is up there with the best of their singles. Still remember it being released in 2001 and buying the CD. It felt so fresh at the time and think it still sounds amazing. The production has such a punch to it.

Ive always liked it and i think it still sounds fresh and enjoyable today, loved the cd artwork for it aswell.

Deeper Shade of Blue live performance newly uploaded to YouTube:

 

Chain reaction has aged brilliantly and the same applies to Dianna Ross original.

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25th Anniversary Discussion

 

2022 will mark the 25 years since Steps formed and released 5,6,7,8!

 

It seems that Steps will definitely mark the occasion, but as things stand we don't know what they have planned.

 

What would you like to happen? :o

 

Again, thank you Jamesy for the thread inspiration!

At the top of my list would be Step One, Steptacular and Buzz pressed on vinyl. I'm not sure how likely this is, but that would be amazing. None for you, Light Up the World x

 

The obvious thing would be another Greatest Hits, although I'm not too enthused about the idea... after all, it would be their third Greatest Hits. Albeit with quite a few new singles to add. Personally I wouldn't mind a Greatest Hits that had new versions instead of the original recordings. Updated versions by Steve Anderson would be awesome... he does such great work for them on tours. It would just be nice to have something new from the old stuff. Having said that, having a vinyl edition of their original hits would be pretty great. Whatever they do, I'm sure I'll buy a fair few formats! :lol:

 

Supposedly they might do a summer tour in 2022, outdoor venues. If they bill it as a greatest hits/anniversary tour, that could be very appealing to the general public... but I do wonder whether it's too soon after the 2021 tour to encourage people to buy more tickets. We'll see.

 

Not exactly a 25th anniversary release, but a What the Future Holds Pt 1 & 2 era box set of CD singles... yes please!

 

A new documentary? A one off special rather than a TV series, one that is celebratory.

 

I wouldn't say no to a new book from them, including photos over the years with some written commentary/memories from Steps.

I like the vinyl idea I think it would be great, I'm also hoping for a double cd greatest hits but not re recorded versions.

I’d just be happy with the first three albums on vinyl.

 

Not so fussed on another tour so quickly as I have a feeling most singles will be included in this tour anyway and I’m probably getting too old for standing gigs!

Step one is the main album i would love on vinyl, i would like them all but if i had to pick one it would be step one.

Step one is the main album i would love on vinyl, i would like them all but if i had to pick one it would be step one.

 

I agree. Apart from the song we don’t discuss, it’s a very very strong first album.

I agree. Apart from the song we don’t discuss, it’s a very very strong first album.

The fact that it would be the first song on Step One Side B… 🤭😷

Step One receiving vinyl treatment would be wonderful to see going ahead.

I know a tour would be a bit too soon after November, but from a personal perspective and the fact I can't travel as easily to the UK now, I'd love them to do a 2022 celebration tour.

I think a tour would be far too soon and if they did outdoor venues would be similar to the Summer of Steps one with tickets in groupon to shift them. Maybe a one off date in a bigger venue could work perhaps or a run of smaller shows in a residency type thing?

 

I’d quite like an updated GH I think they have more than enough to justify one (far more than The Ultimate Collection 🤣 but hey it gave them a #1!).

 

The original albums on vinyl yes please! 😍

 

A TV special like a documentary or An audience with would be lovely too.

 

Random but I’d like a proper Christmas album from Steps too, not like Light up the world but a fun camp Christmas album with some covers of Merry Xmas everybody etc then some fun original Steps Christmas songs too. Something ala Girls Aloud’s one. 😍

The Attitude Awards happened last night, and they won "The Icon Award"! Well done, Steps!

 

They also have a magazine cover:

 

 

https://attitude.co.uk/article/steps-are-re...-of-fame/25956/ (Click the link for a few more new pictures)

 

STEPS ARE READY TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE POP HALL OF FAME

Few pop stars are as joyous and day-glo bright as Steps - after surviving a headline-hitting split in the early 00s, the band have gone on to stage a might comeback - making them the obvious winners of the ICON Award supported by Virgin Atlantic

2021-10-06

 

Words: Thomas Stitchbury; pictures: Olivia Richardson

 

There was a slight misunderstanding, for one member of Steps anyway, when the band were informed that they’d be receiving the Icon Award supported by Virgin Atlantic at the 2021 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, powered by Jaguar.

 

“Do you know the story?” Lisa Scott-Lee asks, with a giggle. “I genuinely thought we were presenting it. So, when it hit home that we were actually the winners, I was over the moon!” Lisa is and will forever be the moment.

 

"We haven’t got cabinets full of trophies," adds Claire in the Attitude Awards issue, out now to download and to order globally. She continues: "We just haven’t been that kind of act, I suppose.

 

"We feel like we’re coming into our own a little bit now, and I think it means more. Back in the day – I mean, H has a cabinet full of Smash Hits!"

 

Bursting onto the scene in 1997 with their camp-as-tits anthem '5, 6, 7, 8', Lisa, now 45, Claire Richards, 44, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, 45, Faye Tozer, 45, and Lee Latchford-Evans, 46, brightened up our lives with primary-colored outfits, sugar-coated songs and exquisitely accessible, Two Brewers-friendly armography.

 

Sourpuss critics may have dismissed Steps as naff, but with three number-one UK albums, 14 UK top-10 singles, a new record — What the Future Holds Pt. 2 — and an upcoming tour, Steps are having the last laugh (H’s hoot is especially infectious).

 

"We have an open-door policy", says Faye. "We want everybody to be themselves when they’re with us… If we can bring that element to the world, or to this community, then we’ve done an amazing thing."

 

H adds: "We are totally and unashamedly pop, and we create a safe space for people to be their authentic selves. You can live your best life with us."

 

Crammed into a hotel conference room, the group reminisce about their early days (they’ve come a long way from fashioning headsets from coat-hangers); their queer fanbase – “The LGBTQ community have been our biggest fans,” Faye gushes. “They’re going, ‘We still love you, we got ya!’”; touring with Britney; run-ins with Christina; and yes, their acrimonious 2001 split. By no means 'Better Best Forgotten', they make light of the drama and stress that it fuelled their shining comeback. “It does still hurt, though. I tell H every time,” Lisa quips, with a wicked smile.

 

The fivesome celebrate their 25th anniversary next year, and we’ll be there every step of the way as they continue to climb the stairway to pop heaven. But what does the future hold, literally?

 

We’ve got one thing which we are talking about – can we tell him about it?" teases H. "It's so obvious. We’ve been talking about it for years… the Steps musical. It’s just the perfect pop progression. There are cogs turning."

 

"We’ve talked about it amongst ourselves very seriously," adds Claire.

 

So what is the secret to the band's longevity? "We don't have a sell-by date," agrees Lee, explaining: "We are all older, [we have] families, there are more important things out there at the end of the day to think about, but we want to be here, and we want to do this, because we love what we do, and we also still get on."

 

And what of the possibility of Eurovision? Says Lisa: "I think it would be lovely to represent theUK, but I don’t want nil points. It’s so political now, isn’t it? It’s not really about the music."

 

Adds Claire: "It’s one of those situations where, for the experience it would be incredible, but we’ve worked so hard not to be the laughing stock, I don’t think we want to go back there!"

 

https://attitude.co.uk/article/steps-are-re...-of-fame/25956/

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